Landships II

baldwin · Hero

Austin Armoured car

Paul H · Major

That looks great...what scale is it??

baldwin · Hero

The scale is 4mm=1ft confused !!!! It is between 1:72 and 1:76. and is used by railway modellers.
Hope this helps

PDA · Legend

There is an explanation of the 4mm:foot scale in this article:

http://www.landships.info/landships/kit_reviews.html?load=kit_reviews/W^D_WW1_British_Tankers.html

And a different explanation of 1/72 and 1/76 scales here:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/ShowFeature.aspx?id=28

Kaiser · Lieutenant-Colonel

Looks good to me. smile

Paul H · Major

baldwin wrote:

The scale is 4mm=1ft confused !!!! It is between 1:72 and 1:76. and is used by railway modellers.
Hope this helps

That does help.Thanks

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LincolnTanker · Commander in Chief

This may muddy the water a bit but I've been doing some arithmetic.

12 x 25.4 = 304.8mm

304.8 / 4 = 76.2, Therefore 4mm/ft = 1/76.2 scale

And with a bit more�arithmeticing here is a comparison of 1/76 and 1/72 when applied to WW1 figures. I know different nations have different averages but these are the ones I've picked.

Ive seen average height quoted between 5ft 5inches and 5ft 7 inches (1.65mtr to 1.7mtr)

Therefore in 4mm scale a figures should average between 21.7/22.4mm.

Officers? 5ft 10inches (1.778mtr) = 23.4mm in 1/76

1/72 figures should average between 22.9/23.6mm

Officers? 5ft 10inches (1.778mtr) = 24.7mm in 1/72

British Troops had to be 5ft 8inches or more at the start of the war, unfortunately due to losses the official height eventually went down to 5ft 5inches (Bantams).
Is this right?

-- Edited by LincolnTanker on Saturday 4th of December 2010 08:33:12 PM